What % is lactate threshold of max?

dieselgeezer
dieselgeezer Posts: 231
edited December 2010 in Training, fitness and health
If I know my heart rate at lactate threshold gleened from max effort for 20 mins, what percentage of max HR would this be?
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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    It depends. We're all different.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    I was tested 10 years ago and my max was 194 and my threshold was 170. I thought it was more like 174 tbh and I feel that it's not changed but I've not seen more than 184 as a max for years.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    When I had a test done my Max was 193, Lactate Threshold was 174. It's different for everyone.

    I wouldn't bother testing for max HR tbh, get your zones from an estimate of Lactate Threshold HR.

    One popular method of determining LTHR is to measure the average HR in the last 20 mins of a 30 minute TT effort.

    I once tried the Carmichael way of doing 2 x 8 mins all out and taking the higher average of the two. This gave me 173, so that was there or thereabouts.
  • Alex_Simmons/RST
    Alex_Simmons/RST Posts: 4,161
    amaferanga wrote:
    It depends. We're all different.
    Yes, although it's typically in a range, provided one knows their true HRmax and not some guesstimate.

    Hard level 4 riding (sub TT, or very long TT) is typically 85%-87.5% of HRmax and TTs are typically ridden at an average 87.5%-92.5% of HRmax.

    Day to day variation also comes into it.
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  • Chiggy
    Chiggy Posts: 261
    Get a "Lactate Scout". They're less than £500.

    You'll become vey popular at your club.
  • incog24
    incog24 Posts: 549
    Which 'lactate threshold' are we talking about here...?
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Chiggy wrote:
    Get a "Lactate Scout". They're less than £500.

    You'll become vey popular at your club.

    And a pound per strip...
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  • Chiggy
    Chiggy Posts: 261
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Chiggy wrote:
    Get a "Lactate Scout". They're less than £500.

    You'll become vey popular at your club.

    And a pound per strip...

    They're actually £408, so that's 92 strips within the £500 budget.

    All you have to do is mention to your clubmates how EXPENSIVE the strips are and hint you'd like a back-hander for the use of.

    Put it into perspective, that beer is worth two strips.
  • Alex_Simmons/RST
    Alex_Simmons/RST Posts: 4,161
    If a club was going to invest in a tool for training/testing purposes, a Powertap wheel or two would be far more useful resource than a BL analyser. By a considerable margin.
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  • NJK
    NJK Posts: 194
    Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:
    If a club was going to invest in a tool for training/testing purposes, a Powertap wheel or two would be far more useful resource than a BL analyser. By a considerable margin.

    Absolutely, but the obsession with rollers might be a problem ;)

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